AAU basketball tryout notice

Good lord. Print a one-paragraph brief and call it good. If he wants more tell him to buy an ad.

You're making this way harder than it needs to be.

 

This.

 

There is also a handy key on a keyboard named "delete" that works wonders on emails.

 

Policy is policy. Explain policy to him - if you haven't already - and be done with him.

 

And another thing, he can pay for an ad.

 

Well, I disagree with your disagreement. ;D

It's the newspaper's job to provide its readers with information that is relevant in their community, in this case opportunities for their sons/daughters to possibly play on an AAU basketball team. Some readers may be interested in having their children play for this team.

Running a one-paragraph blurb about this team isn't an endorsement of the program. He's not receiving anything in return for running this information. He's providing information to the readers.

 

Seconded.

 

Micro, i disagree with your disagreement with playthrough's disagreement. ;D Coach should buy an ad.

 

At least it's an agreeable disagreement!

The guy probably would buy an ad if he knew all he was getting is a one-time, one-paragraph blurb and that didn't produce the desired results.

Again, any paper I worked for in 35 years in the biz would have run this as a brief, just as we would have run a brief about a classic car show, a monster truck rally at the fairgrounds, the Harlem Globetrotters appearing at Microville Tech or any other sports-related activity in our area, whether it was put on by a non-profit or for-profit organization.

 

SP, forward the e-mail to your ads people. They'll take care of it.
I did that a couple years back with one AAU team and they take out an ad every year - a small one, but an ad nonetheless.

 

Go read "Play Their Hearts Out"

The words "summer basketball" makes my skin crawl now.